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FIFTY-SEVENTH YEAR. NO. 136.
THE ARGUS, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 25, 1908.
PRICE TWO CENTS.-
ROCK
ISLAND
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SENDS A
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS FILLED
WITH DEMANDS FOR LEGISLATION
Reads Like Executive's Outline
of National Republican
Platform.
HEAVY TASKS CUT OUT
Child Labor, Employers' Lia
bility and Other Laws
Are Demanded.
smen the order was Issued.' It Is worth
considering whether It would not give
greater popular, confidence In the Im
partiality of sentences for contempt If
It was required that the Issue should
be decided by Another judge than the
one" issuing the injunction, except
where the contempt Is committed in tin;
presence of the court, or In other case
of urgency.
COMBINATIONS AHE NECESSAUY
Therefore the Interstate Commerce
and Antitrust Laws Need Change.
1 again call attention to the urgent
need of amending the interstate com
merce law, and especially the antitrust
law, along the lines indicated Jn my
last message. The interstate commerce
,,. . . ." , . I law should be amended so as to give
Vashinston March 25.-A special , railro.(s the rIgbt to luake trafflc
message from the president was read fl cements. BIll,j,,ct t0 these a.,ree
in both houses of roncrrcsa tnrinv and1 ... . . . .
was closely followed. In the house
the declaration that the time had
come for a revision of the tariff elecit
cd hand-clapping on the part of the
democratic members.
Democratic approval was also given
to the suggestion that congress could
with advantage forthwith remove the
tariff on wood pulp with a correspond
ing reduction upon paper made from
wood pulp. Republicans waited and
confined their applause to the mes
sage as a whole. In the senate the
message was received without com
ment of any kind. The message fol
lows :
To the Senate and House of Represent
atives: I call your attention to certain meas
ures ns to which I think there should
be action- by the congress before the
close of the present session. There Is
ample time for their consideration. As
regards most, if not all, of the matter
bills have tecn Introduced into one or
the other of the two houses, and It Is
not too much to hope that action. will
be taken one way or tire other on t"!CS"
bills at the1 present session. In my
message at the opening! of the present
session, and, indeed, in various mes
sages to previous congresses I have
repeatedly suggested action ou most of
these measures.
Prohibition or Child Ijabor First.
Child labor should be prohibited
throughout the' nation. At least a model
child labor bill should be passed for the
District of Columbia. It is unfortunate
that In the one place solely dependent
Upon congress for Its legislation there
should be uo law whatever to protect
children by forbidding or regulating
their lalKr.
Liability for Employers of Labor,
I renw my recommendation for the
Immediate reenactment of an employ
ers' 1'ability law, drawn to conform' to
the recent decision of the supreme
court. Within the limits indicated by
the court the law should be made thor
ough and comprehensive, and the pro
tection It affords should embrace every
class of employe to which the power of
the congress can extend. In addition to
a liability law protecting the employes
of common carriers the government
should show its good faith by enacting
a further law giving condensation to
Its own employes for injury or death
incurred in Its service.
Would Limit the Injunction.
I also urge that action be taken
along the line of the recommendation
I have already made concerning In
junctions In labor disputes. No tempo
. rary restraining order should be is
sued by any court without notice; and
the petition for a permanent injunction
upon which such temporary restraining
order has been issued should be heard
by the court issuing the same .within n
reasonable time say not to exceed
a. week, or thereabouts, from the date
WILFLEY ESCAPES
United States Judge in China
Will Not be Subject of
Impeachment.
SPECIAL REPORT SUBMITTED
House Committee Declares, However,
He Has Been Guilty of High
handed Proceedings,
nients being approved by the interstate
commerce commission and published ia
all of their details. The commission
should also be given the power to
ninke public and to pass upon the Is
suance of all securities hereafter is
sued by railroads doing au interstate
commerce business.
A law should be passed providing
in effect that when n federal court de
termines to place a common carrier or
other public utility concern under the
control of a' receivership the atton:e;
general shad have the right to nom
inate at least one of the receivers; or
else in some other way the Interests
of the stockholders should be consult
ed, so that the management may not
be wholly redelivered to the man or
men the failure of whose policy may
have necessitated the creation of the
receivership. Receiverships should lw
used, not to operate roads but as speed
ily ns possible to pay their debW and
return them to the proper owners.
In addition to the reasons I have
already urged on your attention it has
now become Important that there
should he an amendment of the anti
trust law because of the uncertainty
as to bow this law affects combina
tions among !alor men aud farmers, If
the combination has any tendency to
restrict interstate commerce. All of
Uii'se-eomblnatious, if and while exist
ing for and, engaged in the promotion
of innocent and proper purposes, should
be recognized as legal.
As I have repeatedly pointed oi
this antitrust law was a most unwise
ly drawn statute. It was perhaps In
evitable that in feeling after the right
remedy the first attempts to provldo
such should be crude; and It was ab
solutely Imperative that some legisla
tion should be passed to control, in
the interest of the publfc, the business
use of the enormous aggregations of
corporate wealth that are so marked
a feature of the modern Industrial
world
In the modern Industrial world com
binations are absolutely necessary;
they are necessary among business
men. they' are necessary among labor
ing men, they are becoming more and
more necessary among farmers. Some
of these combinations are .among the
most powerful of all Instruments f6f
wrong-doing. Others offer the only ef
fective way of meeting actual busi
ness needs. It is mischievous and un
wholesome to keep npou the statute
books unmodified a law, like the anti
trust law, which, while in practice only
pirtinlly effective against various com-
bniations, has nevertheless In theory
been construed soassweeplngly to pro
hibit every combination for the trans
action of modern business. Some real
good has resulted from this law. But
the time has come when it is Impera
tive to modify it.
Washington, March 25. Impeach
ment proceedings will not be institut
ed In the United States senate against
Lebbeus L. Wilfley, judge of .the Uni
ted States court for China as a result
of charges of misbehavior in office
brought against him by Lorin Andrews
and other resident lawyers in Shang
hai. Report In Submitted.
The report of the special committee
appointed by. Speaker Cannon to de
termine whether the charges were
based upon facts sufficient to warrant
the Impeachment of Judge Wilfley
was today submitted in the report of
the house committee on judiciary.
Wan Highhanded and Harsh.
The report is in the nature of a ver
dict holding Wilfley guiltless of oad
notices necessary to a legal cause for
impeachment, out finding him guilty,
though more by forceful Inference
than by direct accusation of high
handedness, harshness, and some ser
ious mistakes in the conduct of his
court.
EMPEROR DOES
NOTFAflCYDR.
DAVIDi J. HILL
German Ruler Sends Word Man
Named for Ambassador is
Persona Non Grata.
ACT WAS JUSTIFIED
Coroner's Jury Returns Finding
on Shooting of Jeremiah
Averbuch. '
ATTEMPTED LIFE OF SHIPPY
TENNESSEE REPUBLICANS HAVE '
LIVELY TIME AT THEIR CONVENTION;
SPLIT BY OPPOSING FACTIONS
once taken advantage of by the Black
Hand, which spread rumors Indus-
Testimony Bears.. Out Story That trIoU8,y that the bank was insolvent
Young Man Planned to Kill
, . v ivti owirn Aniaio,
Police Chief. T , 1L a M
iu less man live minutes a crowa
REASON PERSONAL ONE
Man Picked to Succeed Tower
Offended Prince Henr on
Visit Here.
lu.'ie.'iu of corporations or other ap
propriate executive body. This would
provide publicity. Within, say, sixty
days ot the filing which period could
be extended by order of the depart
ment whenever for any reason it did
not give the department sufficient time
for a thorough examination the ex
ecutive department having power
might forbid the contract, which would
then become subject to the provisions
of the antitrust law if at all in re
straint of trade.
If no such prohibition was Issued
the. contract would then only be.-lia-
iContinued on Page Two.)
PROPOSE TO CLOSE
CITY AS EXAMPLE
Springfield Saloonkeepers Favor Un
ique Move Against Local
Option.
MILLIONAIRE
FOR SENATOR
IN ILLINOIS?
William Kent Says He
Has Been Invited to
Accept Nomination.
San Francisco, March 23. William
Kent of Kentfleld, the millionaire who
has just given a valuable tract of land
with a forest of redwoods to the gov
ernment for a national park, announc
cd here last night he has received
maiiy, letters from Chicago friends
asking him to become the republican
candidate for! United States senator
lis Illinois. He was formerly an alder
man of Chicago. Kent will leave for
Chicago In a few days to confer with
frlciids over the matter.
Springfield, 111., March 25. Voters
on the anti-saloon proposition In
Springfield next month are to be
shown the "horrible example" in an
entirely new aspect, if the Springfield
Liquor Dealers' association adopts the
plan proposed by an enthusiastic
clique of its members. It is planned
to give the people of Springfield an
evidence of what the capital city will
resemble under the suggested order
of things by voluntarily closing every
saloon in the city for two or three
days prior to the election. The "wets"
are hopeful of an overwhelming re
vulsion of sentiment with the prac
tical illustration.
CHANGES .DEEMED NECESSARY
.1
Washington, Marrh 25. The Ger
man government has declined to re
ceive Dr. David Jayne Hill in the ca
pacity of American ambassador to suc
ceed Charlemagne "tower, whose res
ignation has been accepted to take ef
fect upon the qualification of his suc
cessor. Hill is at present American
minister to The Hague, and was for
merly first assistant secretary of state
under the administration of Secretary
Hay.
In Purely Pernonnl Matter.
The objection to Hill is one purely
personal to Emperor William, who sim
ply caused it to be made known that
the American diplomat ia persona non
grata to him. The reason for the em
peror's objection is connected with the
visit to America sevbral vears aco of
his brother, Prince Henry.
Nature of Offense Unknown.
Hill at that time was first assistant
secretary of state and necessarily was
brought into official contact with dis
tinguished foreign visitors. Just what
he did or did not do to give offense is
not known here.
Not RrprfwnlnliTC Enough.
Berlin, March 23. The German gov
ernment has informed President
Roosevelt Dr. David Jayne Hill is not
acceptable to it as anibassador at Ber
lin. .From reliable! sources it is
learned the groundiupoa. which the
government declines to receive him
are general. He is not representative!
enough for the United States to send
to Germany.
Chicago, March 25. Jeremiah
swarmed into the bank and demanded
payment. The" clerks, la charge of
Patl's nephew, finding themselves with-
Averbuch, the young Russian anarch- out the necessary cash after paying
1st, came to his death at the nands of I out $8,500, were forced to suspend
Chief of Police George M. Shippy and I business.
his driver, James M. Foley, and the Word was sent tq the Mulberry
shooting was justified. I street station and the police reserves
This was the verdict returned last found thousands or persons trying to
evening by the coroner's jury after! force their way into the bank, the
au all day inquest. Every detail that clerks having closed the doors. Draw
occurred at the chiefs residence in ing their pistols and clubs, 20 blue
Lincoln place on the morning of J coats gradually orced the crowd back
March 2 was disclosed fully. I Into adjacent streets.
It was established to the satisfac
tion of the jury that the shooting as Tlff MCI CtTIJATflDC
done in self-defense that Averbuch I m-ii wuiiniuiiu
had fired the first shot, which dan
gerously wounded the chief's son,
Harry, and that the chief fired his
nun uroannn w Vi i 1 o inl i o v m hfa con
1 r- . ... r - m .
wounded to death, and to save his r . .T . . - ' a y
own life.
Wm First Wounded.
It was " demonstrated that Driver
Foley shot after he himself had been
Brownlow and Oliver Wings
Refuse to Do Business
Together.
FIST FIGHTS ON FLOOR
Democrats Meeting in Indiana
Republicans of Illinois in
Assemble.
FOR VACANT POSTS
land and Ex-Governor J. W. Stew
art of Vermont Are Named.
DUNN SELECTED TO
NOMINAiE BRYAN
Nebraska State Democratic Delegation
Selects City Attorney of Omaha
for the Honor.
Annapolis, Md.. March 25 The
wounded in the hand in attempting democratic memhers of both .houses
10 wrest irom uie youuum stranger i . . ,
the weapon which had just sent a bul- of the leSlsIatre yesterday voted
let through the breast of young unanimously for former Governor
Shippy. John Walter Smith for United States
The evidence further all tended to senator to fill out the unexnired term
, iol the late William Pinckney Whyte.
volver and knife, had gone to the I n ... , , , . J
sk,.. Ex-Governor Smith already has been
- t 4t Al u- i- Icnosen for the full six year term be-
r.na.nK 01 o Th republican members did not
The finding of the Jury was as fol- participate In the election, takine the
loWSt I irrnimiJ' that anv nthpr rnnraa TL-nnlri
"We, the jury, find that Jeremiah be In violation of the federal statutes.
Averbuch, also Known as Harry Aver- uhich provide for a loneer neriod be-
Ducn, came ro nis aeam wnue en tween the death of a senator and the
rouxe in a ponce amouiance convey- election of his successor than had
ing the deceased from 31 Lincoln transpired in the case.
place to tne ixerman nospitai, & It la sald on authority that should
Hamilton court, from gunshot wounds, iTnitfwi statM sonato rofuco in
saidfwounds inflicted by bullets fired recognize the regularity of the elec
tron! a revolver held in the hand of tlon Governor Crothers will annoint
George M. Shippy and a revolver held Mr. smith, and should this appoint-
in me nana oi one james ruiey in me ment faj, o recognition the position
rvsiaeuce oi bhiu ueurgtt.iu... omppy, i jej vacant
31 Lincoln place, on the morning oi
warcn i, rjua. Vermont Senator Aonolnted
it i i i a I
Ana, irom ice testimony presemea, Proetor Vt.. -March 25 Tnhn W
we, the jury, believe the saia snooting Stewart of Middlebury. former gov
as jubuuea ana exonerate sam eruor of Vermont, was appointed to
George iu. ouippy auu james roiey the United States senate yesterday
irom Diame. I nv flovrnor Plotohoi- r Pmrinr tn
fill the vacancy caused hv the repent
fll flUL lin fl DAM 1 death of Senator Redfield Proctor
IlLVJuL Ul H UN II IV Mr. ' Stewart's term will expire the
m mm nnrntno- fill wIiah 1An-fl
nleets in regular session
TUG SINKS IN THE OHIO
Crew and Actors on Show Boat Being
Moved Are All Saved.
Parkersburg, WV Va., March 25.
The steamer Columbia, towing a show
boat, was sunk at lock 18 In the Ohio
river above this city today. The crew
and actors on the show boat were
saved. A misunderstanding of sig
nals is said to have caused the acci
dent.
Omaha, March 25. Ignatius J. Dunn
1-as been selected by the Nebraska
delegation to the democratic national
convention to nominate Bryan for
president. Dunn is city attorney of
Omaha.
V ARM WELCOME AT FRISCO
American Car Will Rest There and
Receive Repairs.
San Francisco, March 25. The
American car, leader in the New York
to Paris automobile race, arrived in
this city at 4:40 yeste:day afternoon
and the crew was given a tremendous
ovation by local motorists.
M B . t I " P I
. . .. .0,""r" ACCEPTS FLEET INVITATION
upon Italian insxixuxion
at New York. I Cabinet Decides and Ships Will Be
Home by Washington's Birthday.
Washinsnn March ?; The hnttlo.
OWNER KILLED BLACKMAILER ship fleet will visit China as we! as
Australia and Japan, and will be home
on Washington's birthday that Presi
Organization Thereupon Deliberately I dent Roosevelt may participate in the
Sets Out to Bring About Flnan- I welcome before his retirement from
cial Ruin office 10 days later. In accepting the
LJiinese invitation tne cabinet jester
day determined that all future invi
tations would be declined.
An earlier departure of the fleet
is
Sugar Advanced Again.
; New York, March 25. All grades
of sugar advanced 10 cents a hundred
today.
President Outlines What Tie Thinks
Should Be Done.
It has now become uncertain bow
far this law may Involve all labor or
ganizations and farmers' organizu
tions, as well as all business organiza
tions, in conflict with the law; or, If
we secure literal compliance with tba
law, how far It may result In the de
struction of the organizations neces
sary for the transaction of modern
business, as well as of all labor or
ganizations and farmers' organiza
tions, completely check the wise move
ment for securing business co-opera
tion among farmers nnd put back half
a century the progress of the ' move
ment for the betterment of labor.
Hearing this in. n rind, I would isns
gest, merely tentatively,1 the following
changes in the law: The substantive
part of the an (trust law should remain-as
ot present; that ia, every con
tract in- restraint of trade or com
merce among the several states or with
foreign nations should continue to. be
declared illegal; provided, however,
that some proper governmental au
thority (such a the commlssion'ir of
corporatioflsacttng under the secretary
of commerce and labor) be allowed to
pass on any such contracts. Pr-obably
the best method of providing for tbJU
would be to enact that any contract
subject to the prohibition contained in
FRENCH LAW TO RENDER DIVORCE
EASIER PASSED BY PARLIAMENT;
DECLARED A MOVE FOR "FREE UNION
Paris, March 25. The senate by an
overwhelming majority has concurred
In the bill recently passed by the
chamber of deputies automatically to
cenvert a decree of separation into a
divorce at tle end of three years,
when either party to the separation
requests It.
The constantly growing number of
divorces ia France since the restora
tion of the divorce law In 18S6 (mar
riage having been indissoluble through
out French history except for the per
iod from the beginning of the revolu
tion of the 'restoration In 1815), lias
been the subject of an intensely inter
esting and bitter controversy.
" Stirred Vp by Play.
Recently Paul Bourget, as the cham
pion of the traditional indissoluble
union, precipitated it with, his prob
lem play, "A ' Divorce," in which he
portrayed the wreck following in the
wake of the separation of parents. The
dispute took wide range in the 'news
papers and a "referendum" was held
at the theater where the play was
ugiven. A statement attributed to M.
the antitrust law luto which It was de-1 Briand, now minister of justice, in
ei?fd to. enter mlslit file.L-ttJUi thu -favor 01 "trial marriages," but which
the minister repudiated, added plquan
cy to the controversy. Men and wo
men, married, unmarried and divorc
ed, old and young, came forward and
told pathetic stories of life tragedies
in support of their respective conten
Hons. In the end the friends of great
er freedom of union and disunion had
the better of it In parliament, the
"referendum" and the public prints.
- "Step Into the Abysm."
M. Bourget, while reaffirming his Ir
reconcilable opposition to the prlncl
pie of divorce, says he is not surpris
ed, either . at the senate's action . or
the expression of public opinion. "As
a student of moral science," said he
"I long ago foresaw what France was
coming to. We are hurrying toward
'free union.' . France is divided into
two camps one, the feebler, opposes
divorce; the other, the stronger, fa
vors free "union. The new law voted
by the. senate is the first Btep, for it
frankly . establishes divorce upon the
demand of the ; husband or wife a
principle not only contrary to morali
ty, but contrary to the rules of soci
ety. Asa Frenchman, i am profound
ly grieved to witness thia further step
into the abyss.'
of
New York, March 25. In pursuance
a ruthless Black Hand plot the
, . - - Q . .nJfrom San Francisco than July 6
J!eJlJZi SL!2 being contemplated.
f. nornuinf aftai a run tt I N"
inin nrnoroca i a haln cr m o Ha in fa rmit
u...- w - practice at Magdalena. bay. Nine
outsiae tne esiaDiisnmeni, uuenug oMno ,fj
iu.vauo u u-a. , .. the Malne Alabama, Illi-
weapons in their excitement. nois Opor,a 11 MinnpHnt
TUrt vn1tnin. JAA1n.yv 1 " '
xuc jiuuw uvv.ia.c iau ui i uu m m Kentucky and KenrflflrrP
1 . a 1 1L. T"l 1 f T J 1 " O 1
engiueereu uy iuu oiacu. nana utvause
YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS
Pasquale Pati killed an Italian who Guild's Condition Not Chanced
demanded money and threatened to Boston. March 25. Governor Guild's
kill the banker and his family if re-1 condition shows no marked change
tuseo. rati nas nea tne city in iearitbis mornimr 1
of death.
Retarded stronC. London. March 25. The - premier,
The Dank was regarded as one of Sir Henry Camnbell Bannerman. Is
the strongest of Its kind in this city. I steadily growing worse
In fact, it was known as the Italian
P. Morgan bank."
A few weeks ago a bomb was ex
ploded under the front window of the
bank, scattering $40,000 in currency
on the sidewalks. Last Monday Pas
quale Patl was acquitted by a cor
oner's jury, which declared he was
justified in killing Francesco Pelletro,
the Black Hand agent who visited him
three weeks ago. .' . '
Since the acquittal of Pati he has
been receiving Black Hand letters,
threatening the lives of himself and
his family. Unnerved by the etraiD,
Pati decided to leave the city to seek
recreation in the south.
- 1 " Tried to Fire Houae.
; Monday night, while he was "com
pleting arrangements for his depart
ure in hls home at 144 Ocean 'Park
way, Brooklyn, three men attempted
to set his house on lire. Albert Par
cono, ' a servant In the Patl home,
found oil-soaked rags on " tLe . steps
leading to the cellar. He called other
servants and they drove " away three
men found loitering about the house.
. Yesterday morning when, the bank
opened Patl and his son did not ap-
Nashville, Tenn., March 25. The re
publican state convention to elect
presidential electors to the Chicago
convention was called to order here
this morning.. The convention prom
ises to De me stormiest to years. A
fight is on between the Evans and
Brownlow factions and a serious split
seems inevitable. Two conventions
will probably result.
Claahea Begin Early.
No sooner was the convention called
to order at the capitol than pande
monium broke loose resulting in a
dozen fist fights between members of
the Evans and Brownlow factions.
Order was restored by the police. A
negro and a white man were arrested.
Split la Complete.
The Brownlow-Oliver wing held a
convention at the appointed place In
the state capitol, selected delegates to
the national convention, commended
Taft, Hughes, Fairbanks, Cannon and
Foraker, but made no specific endorse
ment for president. The Evans fac
tion met in the same hall later, ap
pointed a credentials committee and
adjourned until tomorrow.
Illinois llepnbltcana Gather.
Springfield, 111., March 25. The ad-i
vance guard to the republican state
convention tomorrow arrived early to-'
day, although the greater number 13
not exptcted before tomorrow, and to-"
morrow'H convention will name only
four delegates to the republican na-'
tional convention and adopt' a plat-1
form touching upon national issues or
state questions of national Impor
tance. .
Change In Lugmge,
It will, generally speaking, be in ac
cord with the Ohio platform on tariff
revision, although the idea will be ex
pressed in a manner somewhat dif
ferent.
On the presidential proposition,
Cannon so far has everything his own
way, and . no suggestion has been
heard looking toward the endorsement
of any other candidate.
Indiana Demorrnta Meet.
Indianapolis, March 25. The Indi
ana democratic convention today en
tered upon its task of adopting a plat
form, naming a state ticket and se
lecting delegates to the national con
vention who, it Is expected, will be
instructed to vote for Bryan. There
was but a brief session today. This
was followed by district meetings
which selected 26 delegates to the na
tional convention and named the con
vention committees.
Deneen'a Dlatrlet Aeta.
Chicago, March 25. The republi
cans of the Third congressional dis
trict today adopted resolutions en
dorsing the administrations of Roose
velt and Deneen and endorsed Can
non for the republican presidential
nomination. Congressman Wilson was
endorsed for reelection. Thi3 was De
neen's home district The convention.
was entirely harmonious.
Washington, March 25. Following
are In brief the proceedings of the
two houses of congress yesterday as
taken from the official records:
SENATE The currency bill -was
practically given an exclunive right of
way in me senate yesterday until nnal
ly disposed of by an announcement
from Senator Aldrlch that he would
move today to Kive It that status. Sen
ator La Follette concluded the third in
stallment of hia speech on the bill. A
question brought ' out a statement by
Mr. Aldrlch that he hoped to see the
creation of a joint commission of the
senate and house authorized to consid
er permanent currency reform before
congress adjourned. - At 4:10 p. m. the
senate aajournea 10 toaay. .j
HOUSE Determined to conduct a HI
ibuster on all occasions where onoor
tunlty presented Itself, in order to force
the republicans 10 action on an em
plovers' liability bill and other mean
ures deemed necessary - of enactment,
was announced by Mr. Williams of Mis
sissippi in the house yesterday. Gen
era!, debate oi the agricultural arnro
r-riation bill continued throughout the
day. except or a brief time, when Mr.
suizer or mew xorK. by way or retails
tlon for ihe action of the house in elim
inating from the record his speech of
Saturday last, sought to have expunged
some remarKS 01 air. uaizeil or Penn
sylvania regarding the rules. In that
I Ti a fi 1- a nanol TMo U a ooM r. olnowever " unsuCCessruU At 5:09
. " " "i v-: p, ax. the bouse adjourned to today.
WARNS REPUBICANS
THEY.fJUSTrGET: BUSY-
Minority Leader Williams 8ays Demo
crats Will Insist Upon Cer
tain Legislation,
Washington, March 25. Minority
Leader Williams has notified the re
publican members of the house that
unless they take up and endeavor to
pass the employers' liability bllL the
bill for publicity of campaign contri
butions, the free wood pulp and the
free print paper bills, the democrats
ivill obstruct all efforts at other legis
lation- by refusing to grant unanimous
consent for the consideration of bills.
He said he had waited until yes
terday to see some evidences of an
intention to transact business which
the people were demanding, but, find-
ing none, had concluded the time was
ripe to force the hand of the repub
lican party. y s- :; .
General debate on the agricultural j
appropriation . bill' continued through- ! '
out the day. - .- . '
' Japanese Baron Dies.
Tokio, March 25. Baron Yanosuke
Iwasakl died this morning, . v
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